Friday, September 25, 2009

Just a follow up to my recent post about how the 54 libraries serving the City of Philadelphia were about to be closed down due to funding issues...

It appears that the legislators in Pennsylvania realized that they were on the verge of being colossal boneheads and came up with the $$$$ to keep the Philadelphia libraries. Not that I've ever been inside a Philly library or even to Philadelphia (yes, I know, it's a cultural gap I need to fill) but you can't help but be in favor of funding libraries, wherever they may be.

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Our Lives in the Marsh

“A marsh is one of the most receptive environments on earth. It is always open to the sky and all the winds and weather that flow in and recede like the tides in endlessly recurring motion. In its own, self-generating body it accommodates innumerable forms of life all responding to that common sea.

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Other Blogs from My Deep Dark Past

Before kicking off "Walks in the Marsh," my first experience with writing blogs actually came as a result of my job. Rather than a single company blog, I experimented with event-specific blogs to provide a near-real time look at what was going on when I went out on the road: